Here are some interesting but often overlooked facts about the Gospel:
- Christ went to the cross because he chose to and not because men sent him there (John 10:18)
- Sin not only separates us from God, it brings His wrath against us (Eph 2:3)
- We aren’t the victims of a sinful nature, we are the criminals (Romans 1:18-20)
- God’s love for us is so strong that even while His anger burned against our sin, He bore the penalty for that sin. (Romans 5:8)
- The animal sacrifices in the Old Testament did NOT satisfy God’s wrath against sin. (Hebrews 10:8-10)
- God was pleased to enact his wrath against our sin onto His Son. (Isaiah 53:10-11)
- God’s goal in saving us was NOT simply to free us from an eternity in Hell, He was freeing us from slavery to sin. (Romans 6:6)
- After salvation takes place in the believer, he/she can stand before God holy and blameless. Your sins were paid for 2000 years ago. (Eph 1:4-5)
- Every sin ever committed will reep punishment by God. Those sins are either punished on the cross OR in an eternity of Hell. (Romans 2:5-6, Hebrews 9:28)
